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How might we curb misinformation with no censorship and no central authority judging truth? New talk at the U Cambridge Disinformation Summit youtube.com/watch?v=G2PieA…

History repeats itself

Internet users can seek out interactions with like-minded individuals who have similar values and become less likely to trust important decisions to people whose values differ from their own. Published 2005 dropbox.com/scl/fi/ji0n0h5… Erik Brynjolfsson

Delighted to welcome Prof. Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon Questrom School of Business, Boston University & Digital Fellow MIT IDE to Platform Leaders on 5 June for a groundbreaking keynote on "The Misinformation Machine: social media, fake news, and the future of truth". Register for free 👉

May sanity return to America

On June 5 Prof. Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon Questrom School of Business, Boston University & Digital Fellow MIT IDE will deliver his groundbreaking keynote 'The Misinformation Machine'. Register for free to learn how his research can help fight misinformation & fake news on social media platformleaders.com

Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation nytimes.com/2025/05/15/bus… by Steven Lee Myers The goal: silence researchers & hide the truth. Reality: This research is NOT about censorship. My work is NOT about censorship. Marshall Van Alstyne: “this is going

Delighted to welcome Prof. Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon Questrom School of Business, Boston University & Digital Fellow MIT IDE to Platform Leaders on 5 June for a groundbreaking keynote on "The Misinformation Machine: social media, fake news, & the future of truth". Register for free platformleaders.com

Trump admin revokes Harvard's ability to sponsor int'l students. Current visa holders must transfer or be deported. These attacks must stop! Speak up! Donate to Harvard, donate to ACLU, oppose any legislator who supports these pro-censorship, anti-education, anti-science

3 tested ways to undermine autocrats - mockery, highlight corruption, human examples nytimes.com/2025/05/21/opi…

Trump attacking student visas completely undercuts his narrative that his immigration policies rid the US of gang members, rapists, and drug dealers.  He's making unwelcome some of the most talented people in the world.  The damage will last a decade.

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🚀 Platform Leaders is on this week! 🚀 Join us on Thursday 5 June between 3.30 and 5:30 PM UK Time. We have a fantastic programme focusing on 👇 • Tackling misinformation and fake news on social media (15:30–16:00 BST) with Prof. Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon Questrom School of Business, Boston University

The MIT Platform Summit is here this July. See speakers and registration at platforms.mit.edu Geoff Parker MIT IDE

NEW: Georgios Petropoulos, Geoff Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne review what the Meta antitrust case reveals about its merger and acquisition strategy and what lessons it holds for regulators as they seek to protect competition in digital platform markets. ms.spr.ly/6016SWwnI

How can we create value from data but give users more control? One possible answer...

BREAKING: Both the White House and RNCC have lashed out at the creators of this ad. It must have struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists. You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE! #MAGAKidnappers

The Anti-Autocracy Handbook from Lewandowski et al just came out. Highly recommended reading sks.to/autocracy

BU Platform Summit July 15 features great rsch on social media, using AI to build platforms, decentralization, M&A strategies, robo taxis... $1000 best paper prize. Program: questromworld.bu.edu/platformstrate… Registration: questromworld.bu.edu/platformstrate… We look forward to seeing you!

Fast forward to today from 2012 -- from Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator